Poultry rack



April 14, 1925.

W. E. WALLER POULTRY RACK Fild nveyd o'o Patented Apr. 14, 1925. i i I i I V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN E. WALLER, OF CHARLES CITY. IOWA.

POULTRY RACK.

Application filed December 26, 1924. Serial No. 758,203.

To all whomv 272$ may concern: thus protect the poultry should they drop Be it known that I, \VAnnnN E. VALLER, off the perches from falling down under no a citizen of the United States, residing at the rack. Charles City, in the county of Floyd and This rack 1 has perches 10 mounted trans- State of Iowa, have invented a new and useversely thereon at longitudinally spaced inful Poultry Rack, of which the following tervals, said perches being of any suitable is a specification. ordesired construction and any number of This invention relates to poultry house which may be employed according to the equipment and more particularly to roosts size of the rack, three being here shown. th f I Arranged between the perches 10 and se- The object of the invention is to provide cured to the side bars 2 and 3 are strips '7 a simple and efficient perch rack for sup which are designed as foot boards for the 60 porting the perches or roosts for the fowls. poultry when passing from one perch to Another object is to so construct a rack the other. of this character as to prevent the poultry The rack 1 is hinged at one end as shown from falling from theperches down below at 8 to a supporting bar 9 and at its other onto the floor and yet permit the droppings end rests on a similar bar 9 so that the rack 65 to pass below the rack and thus protect the may be swung upward out of the way when feet of the fowls from becoming soiled. desirable for cleaning out the dropping Another object is to so construct a rack board or otherwise. T of this character that it may be raised when This rack 1 is preferably braced at its net'essary for cleaning ofi the dropping corners by corner braces 11 to render it 70 board which is designed to be arranged bestrong and rigid to resist the strains to neath the rack. which it will be subjected. Vith the foregoing and other objects in I claim view which will appear as the description 1. A poultry perch supporting rack made proceeds, the invention resides in the comin the form of a skeleton frame having an 7 bination and arrangement of parts and in open mesh wire arranged thereover and the details of construction hereinafter deequipped with hinges for connecting it to a scribed and claimed, it being understood support at one end, the other end being dethat changes in the precise embodiment of signed to rest on a suitable support, and the invention herein disclosed may be made perches mounted on said rack. within the scope of what is claimed without 2. A poultry perch supporting rack made departin from the spirit of the invention. in the form of a skeleton frame having an In the accompanying drawing open mesh wire arranged thereover and Figure 1 represents a plan View of a rack equipped with hinges for connecting it to a constructed in accordance with this invensupport at one end, the other end being de- 55 tion shown in lowered position ready for signed to rest on a suitable support, and use; and perches mounted on said rack, said perches 40 ,Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. being spaced longitudinally apart and hav- In the embodiment illustrated the rack 1 ing a floor board located between them. constituting this invention comprises a rec- In testimony that I claim the foregoing 9o tangular frame composed of side bars 2 and as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa- 3 connected at their ends by cross bars 1 ture in the presence of two witnesses. and 5. This rack or frame 1 is covered VARREN E. \VALLER. with a wire netting G the mesh of which is Vitnesses:

of sufficient size to permit the poultry drop- EDGAR BALL,

pings to pass therethrough and which will TV. LO-REN Para. 

